The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-11-26

The arrangement Of he barn aud yard /
should be such as to reduce the labor as
much as possible Excessive warmth is !
not conductive TO robstnes. health or profit. |
II mans house is kept closed up and
heated with stoves TO a temperature OF
eigh y degrees, and his food and and drink
are all taken hot with view TO preventing
The effects Of the cold ana to insure more
comfort, the dwellers in that house will be-
come sick or diseased; the impure air will
poison the blood; the warmth will relax the
skin, dry it and open vhe pores, and the
slightest draft will cause fit of shiyering
and induce dangerous colds. IL is in pre-
cisely such houses that sore lhroats, dlph-
iberia, scarlet feyer and other diseases are
so frequent, while in the house where the
windows are thrown open TO the bleezes,
and the cold, brisk, pure air is welcomed,
and exercise ana health give warmth, fed
by the abundant Oxygen Of the fresh air
cOursmg through the blood, there are
health and Yigor and comfoit. IL is the
same in the dairy. rleuro pneumonia in
vades those herds which are kept in close
warm, uIwholesome stables, and the dread
ed tuberculosis finds well ventilated and
filed with pure cold air, the well fed cows
will emerge to frolic in the snow, and en-
Joy themselves in the bright sunshine and
the crisp air, whe. the thermometer marks
down nearls zero. Except In stormy
weather, the cows should spend at least
three or four hours every day in the yard,
picking some rough feed and goiling water
and exercise.
The present tendency may be carried TO
excess in this respect, and the reCommenda-
ton to warm water for the cows, and TO
them confined in Il stable warmed by owes
for weeks at time. is not conducive 20 the
health OF the cows or product or quality OF
the butter. IL may be economical in re-
gard to fooi used, but, in our judgment,
the more food the cows can be induced to
eat healthtuliy, tue better for ihc dairy !;
and the vital warmth is more healthfully
sustained by good food than by heat kept
up by excluding fresh mir and .coniining the
cows in close warm Stables. Nature pro-
! yides the cows with a thick, soft woody
blanket under the outer coat OF hair. and
the covering of sleek, well fed, well brush
ed and carded COW is as warm as mans
overcoaI, which he would not think of
wearing indoors. For these reasons, we
object to anything in the management of
winter dairy which will increase the labor
and care without adequate compensation.
aud aboye all, which will tend to lower the
condition and vigor of the cows.
To preserve healthful condition, mlin-
tain the vital warmth, and keep the skin in
proper action, thorough carding and brush
ing should not be neglected in winter
dairy, and the utmost cleanliness in every
respect should be observed. Abundant
supplies of absorbents, of which dried
swamp muck is the best, and hard wood
saWdust and fresh leaves next, and in place
OF these cnt strawF or any other fine waste
maleria! should be procured. The winter
dairy Is - grand opportunity for making
manure. and the Improvement of farm
to this end every possible economy in saw
irg and preserving the manure should be
exercised. The feeding mus. be Ill ell and
OF the best food. 1t must be regular in
quality, quantity and time, because out of
the food the butter must come, and in
duality ard quantity will be exact equiva-
lent TO the food given.